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England's surprise Iceland loss inspires Euro 2016 record 4.8 million Tweets

ESPN FC's Ross Dyer breaks down the best of the social media world, including Steve McClaren's heartbreaking expression. England's embarrassing defeat by Iceland may have sent the Three Lions back home from Euro 2016 and saw manager Roy Hodgson resign, but the match became the most talked about on social media of the tournament, with some 4.8 million Tweets. Following the final whistle in Nice at the end of a famous 2-1 victory for outsiders Iceland, football fans went into overdrive as 135,000 Tweets-per-minute were posted on the micro-blogging site, which was a record for any single moment at the championship. Before...

 

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